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The Chronicle of Geoffrey le Baker of Swinbroke. Baker was a secular clerk from Swinbroke, now Swinbrook, an Oxfordshire village two miles east of Burford. His Chronicle describes the events of the period 1303-1356: Gaveston, Bannockburn, Boroughbridge, the murder of King Edward II, the Scottish Wars, Sluys, Crécy, the Black Death, Winchelsea and Poitiers. To quote Herbert Bruce 'it possesses a vigorous and characteristic style, and its value for particular events between 1303 and 1356 has been recognised by its editor and by subsequent writers'. The book provides remarkable detail about the events it describes. Baker's text has been augmented with hundreds of notes, including extracts from other contemporary chronicles, such as the Annales Londonienses, Annales Paulini, Murimuth, Lanercost, Avesbury, Guisborough and Froissart to enrich the reader's understanding. The translation takes as its source the 'Chronicon Galfridi le Baker de Swynebroke' published in 1889, edited by Edward Maunde Thompson. Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.
Baronet Sassoon of Kensington-gore in London is in Baronetcies of England Alphabetically, Baronetcies of England Chronologically, Extinct Baronetcies of England.
1st: Albert aka Abdullah Sassoon 1st Baronet. Died 1896. Son
2nd: Edward Albert Sassoon 2nd Baronet. Died 1912. Son
3rd: Philip Albert Gustave David Sassoon 3rd Baronet. Died 1939. Extinct.
The London Gazette 26019. Whitehall, January 31, 1890. THE Queen has been pleased to direct Letters Patent to be passed under the Great Seal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland granting the dignity of a Baronet of the said United Kingdom unto Sir Albert Abdallah David Sassoon (age 71), of Kensington-gore, in the parish of St. Mary Abbots,. Kensington, in the county of London, and of Eastern-terrace, in the borough of Brighton, in the county of Sussex, Knight, Companion of the Most Exalted Order of the Star of India, and the heirs male of his body lawfully begotten.
On 24th October 1896 Albert aka Abdullah Sassoon 1st Baronet (age 78) died. His son Edward (age 40) succeeded 2nd Baronet Sassoon of Kensington-gore in London.
On 24th May 1912 Edward Albert Sassoon 2nd Baronet (age 55) died. He was buried in the Sassoon Mausoleum. His son Philip (age 23) succeeded 3rd Baronet Sassoon of Kensington-gore in London.
On 3rd June 1939 Philip Albert Gustave David Sassoon 3rd Baronet (age 50) died. Baronet Sassoon of Kensington-gore in London extinct.